Complete Bid Book – United Bid

9
Team
and Referee Facilities
UNITY
CERTAINTY
OPPORTUNITY
The United Bid has secured 150 training
facilities, providing FIFA and the team
delegations a range of qualified facilities
across our three countries that should
please any coach, player, and referee
participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Our proposed locations reflect the reach
of football in North America – extending
beyond our Candidate Host Cities – and the
depth of our capabilities to support the staging
of this first ever 48-team FIFA World Cup.
When teams arrive for training, they can
find all the comforts of home – favorite foods
(no need to bring them), local culture, places
of worship, native language speakers (over
300 different languages are spoken here).
At their matches, each team will play to
capacity crowds with fans supporting both
teams as their own.
The facilities will benefit from regular
upgrades paid for by legacy tenants – a
benefit that assures FIFA the best in class
training environment for teams.
Venue-Specific Team Facilities: The
96 proposed venue-specific team hotels
(VSTH) and venue-specific training sites
(VSTS) provide FIFA with choice and
flexibility. With a 16-stadium match schedule
we would not expect any venue to host more
than two teams at a time, allowing FIFA to
choose from the four proposed options
that best fit their criteria.
The list of options includes: MLS
stadiums, Liga MX facilities, training sites
for local professional football clubs, secluded
locations at top universities, and more. All
sites will meet FIFA’s requirements, and in
many cases offering additional amenities
(e.g. fitness and physio centers attached to
the locker rooms). All training sites have been
matched with a 4 or 5-star hotel chosen
with a focus on the comfort of the players.
Team Base Camp Facilities: With 23
Candidate Host Cities each offering four
Venue Specific Training Sites, the United Bid
offers FIFA more than the required number of
sites. Once the final 16 Host Cities are
selected, the United Bid will be able to keep
the other Candidate Host Cities involved and
engaged by making some of the potential
Venue Specific Training Sites into Team Base
Camps. This would increase the number of
Team Base Camp options by as many as 32.
In addition to the 52 specifically identified
Team Base Camps outlined in our bid
submission, the United Bid can already offer
as many as 84 Team Base Camps. Before
issuing the Team Base Camp Catalogue, the
United Bid will work with FIFA to assess these
Training Sites . We are confident that many
additional sites could be added to our
catalogue if we are chosen to host. Our three
host nations offer sports facilities of all types,
sizes and locations and with a mature
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